GARY WESTFAHL teaches at University of California, Riverside. His previous books include "Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland" (2000), "Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction" (2000), "Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy" (2002), and "Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art" (2002), all available from Greenwood Press.